Chicken broth ramen. Mmmm

I had a visitor this morning 💜🪴 Look at what a great job Alex has been doing with the African violets while I've been in the hospital! LE Luntik full of lush starry blooms #Horticulture #Home #Gardening #IndoorGardening #AfricanViolet #Saintpaulia #senpolia

We had a hummingbird visitor to our honeysuckle yesterday; couldn't get a pic in time

Next Leaphorn & Chee novel in line

Feeling calm/pain managed enough to be able to sit & read for a bit helps one feel human

We had an electrical storm come through around 2:30pm that was so dramatic that the power is still out on restaurant row in Passyunk. No power = no refrigerator/freezer Some restos had to throw out all their food And then at 8pm we get...this. Heart-stoppingly gorgeous sky

Bestie adds Beauty where ever she is

We enjoy the "Dark Winds" series on AMC, so I bought all the novels & have been saving them to read while recovering from surgery. Hillerman loved and respected the land and the people he wrote about, and his appreciation for the natural beauty of the Southwest comes through clearly on every page

Chris Hind nailed it: Saint Aye, patron saint of lawsuits

Colin Farrell as John Sugar

Like father, like dog-ter

Not that it was ever in doubt, but: BEST HUSBAND EVER

Yes I did. At the Getty, August 2021

Pizzeria Stella makes a very close approximation called a "Tartufo." Youngest will come over from Jersey just to satisfy the craving

Blooming today: 🌱🪴 Ukrainian hybrid African violets (saintpaulia) LE Aisedora LE Luntik LE Nastia RS Duet And each tray has at least one Anystis baccalarum (whirligig mite) that in Japan is called the Leaf Guardian

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From Eldest & their partner, absolutely gorgeous

Pupdate: with lion cub chin rest & woven cotton blanket to keep off the chill while the sedation wears off

Babydoll turned 15 yesterday and had her annual checkup at the vet today.

Blooming today: 🌱🪴 Ukrainian hybrid African violets LE Aisedora LE Nastia VaT Amazon VaT In the Sky

#17thC Tabbed gloves with polychrome silk embroidery of clove pink, tulip, "mary-gold" & bird with rosebud wings, with goldwork, silver-gilt oes & spangles - almost certainly kid or calf skin with silk cuffs, not "grey" @gettymuseum.bsky.social Note: double-ring & tulip motifs in the man's doublet

#WIP Sat, May 30: Lilies, lonicera, and leaves Experimented a bit with fabric markers on the reverse to see what the colors are like. Meh. It will all be covered with silk soon

Derpy helps out

I did that with Nicky. Loved her before e'er I met her in person

#POV: 12 active threads As the panel nears completion, it can be hard to spot where the changes are at the end of the day, so here's an "in progress" morning shot. My tenter frame is large & somewhat unwieldy, so I tend to work all the threads on one side before flipping around to the other

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Also blooming today:🌱🪴 Ukrainian hybrid African violets (saintpaulia) LE Luntik by Elena Lebetskaya, Vinnytsia LE Lunar Rainbow RS Duet by Svetlana Repkina, Luhansk VaT Amazon by Tatiana Vol'kova, Shakhtersk

Blooming today:🌱🪴 LE Madzhenta (Magenta) hybridized by Elena Lebetskaya of Vinnitsya, Ukraine Beset by pests & parasites but still blooming

The costume design by Jany Temime in Young Sherlock is *excellent* I was chortling with joy at the pintucks in his French linen hospital gown in ep.7. The fabrics. The tailoring. The hats. And then BOOM, the women's coats, fantastical & fabulous & ahistorical & I don't care, I want one. In leather.

#WIP Sat May 23: Alpine strawberry, date palm fronds, Michelet scallop, saffron crocus, leaves and tripartite leaves #EarlyModern #DressHistory